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segregate meaning and definition

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SEGREGATE noun

Definition of segregate (noun)

  1. someone who is or has been segregated

SEGREGATE verb

Definition of segregate (verb)

  1. separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
    • "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"
    • antonym: desegregate
  2. divide from the main body or mass and collect
    • "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"
  3. separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others
    • "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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